Some concerns about the design of nutrition support trials

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 608-610

  Bistrian, Bruce R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical nutrition trials; nutrition principles; research design

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; VITAMIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CALORIC INTAKE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL BALANCE; NOTE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICAL ILLNESS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84976271654     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: 19412444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607116637939     Document Type: Note

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